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Description: When building with GCC < 5.0, do not enable position-independent code

 See https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2014/12/26/new-optimizations-for-x86-in-upcoming-gcc-50-32bit-pic-mode for details

Author: Olivier Tilloy <olivier.tilloy@canonical.com>

 

--- a/third_party/swiftshader/src/Common/BUILD.gn

+++ b/third_party/swiftshader/src/Common/BUILD.gn

@@ -36,5 +36,9 @@ source_set("swiftshader_common") {

     "Timer.cpp",

   ]

 

+  if (current_cpu == "x86") {

+    cflags -= [ "-fPIC" ]

+  }

+

   configs += [ ":swiftshader_common_private_config" ]

 }